HE’S not one for letting the grass grow under his feet – that’s why Keith Hill is excited at the task facing Dale without Matty Done.

Hill said the management and the squad faced the challenge of finding new ways to score and new ways to win games.

“Matty’s departure forces our hand in terms of coming up with different plans and we have already spoken about that,” said the Dale chief. “We will come up with other solutions no matter who plays and we will play with our key components of what we want to achieve – it might just be a little bit different.

“I think what’s been established over the last month is the fact I can say over the course of the next 20 games I’ve got Joel Logan, Reuben Noble-Lazarus, Febian Brandy, Calvin Andrew Callum Camps and Joe Bunney.

“It might take two of those players over the course of 90 minutes to replace what Matty did for us in the first half of the season for us, but I believe in those players and we have real competition for places. We will come up with other ways of scoring goals and winning.”